19 Related Articles from 2018-03-12

'Fast-approaching' storm triggers evacuation orders in Santa Barbara County, authorities say. Santa Barbara County authorities ordered mandatory evacuations Monday for residents in burn areas ahead of a “fast-approaching” storm expected to hit the region. Residents who live in areas at “extreme risk” for debris flows near the Thomas, Sherpa and Whittier burn areas were ordered to leave... >>

Camera flurry sign of country's new status. Clicking camera shutters and photographers' flashes usually begin bombarding VIPs the moment they enter a media event venue, and then again every time they make a hand or body gesture, with the cacophony and light show simmering down a bit when the subject is quiet and motionless on the dais. >>

Coastal Qingdao ready for flood of businesses. The strategy of opening-up to the outside world has been a success for the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province, in its modernization efforts over the past decades, Mayor Meng Fanli said last week. >>

Constitutional amendment good for nation. "2,958 votes in favor!" Xu Chuanzhi, a national legislator from the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, said he could not contain his excitement while hearing the ballot result in the Great Hall of the People on Sunday afternoon. >>

Court mulled for IP cases. The top court is considering setting up a high court specializing in handling intellectual property disputes as the country takes bigger steps to protect IP rights, a senior judge said. >>

Doctors use advanced system to save newborn's life. A newborn boy has survived a life-threatening congenital defect at a hospital in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, after receiving support using a technique known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for a record 40 days. >>

New anti-graft body to strengthen oversight. "We had no precedent to follow and no experience to draw on. We have been the icebreakers and we made it," said Jin Xiaodong, head of the supervision commission of Shangcheng district in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, talking about the first case of detention the commission handled. >>

Real-life avatars you can control from afar could be here by 2021. XPrize has tasked teams with creating a real-life robotic avatar by 2021. The competition promises to award $10 million to the first team that can make the technology a reality in just four years. >>

Skier 'chased' by massive avalanche. A skier is alive after accidentally triggering an avalanche. The incident was caught on camera. >>

Stability key to Xinjiang's development. The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region maintained social stability and achieved healthy economic growth last year, Shohrat Zakir, the chairman of the regional government, said on Monday. >>

Video: ANA Avatar XPRIZE announces $10 million to develop real-life avatars. The ANA Avatar XPRIZE aims to promote the development of real-life avatars. To do so they put up 10 million dollars to boost breakthroughs in telepresence. >>

WATCH: City on edge after 3 mysterious bombings in less than 2. Authorities say the blasts, which have killed two and injured two, are related. >>

WHAT TECHNOLOGY IS NEEDED TO ENTER THE XPRIZE COMPETITION?. According to XPrize, entrants have to devise a unique avatar solution that allows a human operator to interact with a remote physical environment through a robotic avatar in a way that is 'as close as possible to the experience of being present in that >>